Pauline Barrieu

Pauline Barrieu is a Professor in Statistics at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and Head of the Statistics Department. She also serves as Vice Chair of the Academic Board. Her research focuses on decision-making under model uncertainty, with applications in insurance-linked securitization, contract design, and environmental economics.

• Co-Director, Centre of the Analysis of Time Series (CATS)
• Member, Probability in Finance and Insurance Group
• Associate Editor, Annals of Applied Probability, SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization, Insurance Mathematics and Economics, and Stochastic Processes and their Applications

Her recent publications analyze climate risk, longevity risk, and model uncertainty, with applications in insurance markets and financial risk management. She has written extensively on weather derivatives, microinsurance, and environmental policy under uncertainty.

Scientific Awards:

• Bachelier Prize (2018)

She has collaborated with researchers across disciplines on topics like contaminated land cleanup, optimal environmental policies, and robust asset allocation.